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Utrecht
Documentary about the city of Utrecht. This film is dedicated to Mayor Reiger, who had a great deal of influence on the development of Utrecht at the turn of the century. The opening shot is an aerial view of downtown, filmed from the hundred-...
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Amsterdam bij Nacht (1924)
The film opens with a series of views of Amsterdam. At night, Stien is standing under a lamppost when she is approached by Mooie ("Good-looking") Louis who whispers something. Along comes a tipsy gentleman who follows Stien. Moments later he is...
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Oranje Hein (1925)
After some years as a colonial soldier in the Dutch East Indies, Hein, nicknamed Oranje Hein, comes home to Amsterdam where Aal has been patiently waiting for him. They soon get into double harness. Hein resumes his profession of shoemaker and is...
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Op hoop van zegen
The sea gives and has made a rich man of Bos, the owner of a fishing fleet, a hard businessman with a haughty wife and a sympathetic daughter. Most of the men of the village are fishermen and it is the sea that provides them and their families...
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Wat eeuwig blijft (1920)
Romantic drama about a young woman who leaves her reliable fiancé for a dancer. Dolores gets a marriage proposal from Lucas, an ambitious young doctor... -
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De Jantjes (1922)
Drama about three sailors who struggle to setlle down after returning to their hometown.
Three sailors, known in the working-class quarter De Jordaan as Dries De Dolle (Crazy Dries), Manus De Schele (Cross-eyed Manus) and Toon De Blauwe (...
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Op hoop van zegen
Moving drama set in a fishing village, based on Herman Heijermans’ well-known play.
Fisherman’s widow Kniertje urges her two younger sons to set sail on the ‘Op hoop van zegen’, a heavily insured floating wreck which duly goes down in a...
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Hollandse tulpen en klompen
Hollandse tulpen en klompen consists of two short fragment made by foreign companies - or there subsidiaries - in the Netherlands. The first fragment Hollandse tulpen shows men and women working on the tulip fields. The film is...
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Giethoorn
Film about Giethoorn, also called the Venice of Holland.
Pictures of...
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Kaas
Film about making Gouda cheese on a farm.
In the Netherlands most cheese is produced in big factories, but...